CVE-2008-2009

vorbis: insufficient validation of Huffman tree causing memory corruption in _make_decode_tree()

Published May 16, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 3.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
Xiph.org libvorbis before 1.0 does not properly check for underpopulated Huffman trees, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted OGG file that triggers memory corruption during execution of the _make_decode_tree function.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-2007 Xiph.org libvorbis before 1.0 does not properly check for underpopulated Huffman trees, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted OGG file that triggers memory corruption during execution of the _make_decode_tree function.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-861-1 libvorbis vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 8:41 AM
Reserved
Apr 29, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 16, 2008, 12:54 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:52 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
May 14, 2008, 12:00 AM